DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that using your phone as a wireless hotspot will consume your cellular data plan. Additional costs may apply if you exceed your monthly data limit. If you have a limit monitor your usage closely.
Turn on Wi-Fi Hotspot With iOS Devices
To set up a personal hotspot on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular),
Go to SETTINGS > PERSONAL HOTSPOT and toggle it on (if you don't see Personal Hotspot in Settings, tap CELLULAR > PERSONAL HOTSPOT). Make note of the Wi-Fi password.
Open the Wi-Fi menu on the device you need to connect to the Internet. Look for your iOS device (ex: John's iPhone), tap it, and enter the password that appears on your iPhone's Personal Hotspot screen.
Your secondary device should now be able to surf the web (and consume mobile data). To disconnect, toggle Personal Hotspot to off on your iOS device.
Turn on Wi-Fi Hotspot with Android Devices
How you access Wi-Fi hotspots on Android phones will depend on which device you have and which version of Android you're running. If you navigate to Settings and search for "tether," it should appear, but here's an idea of what it looks like on some of the top Android phone brands.
To deactivate hotspot mode, navigate back to these settings and toggle them off.
Samsung
Below you can see what it looks like on a Samsung Galaxy S8 running Android 9.0 Pie. You can either pull down and tap the Mobile Hotspot option in the menu to activate.
Alternatively, navigate to CONNECTIONS > MOBILE HOTSPOT AND TETHERING > MOBILE HOTSPOT and toggle it on. A pop-up window will appear, where you can find the Wi-Fi password for devices that want to connect.
Motorola Moto
To turn on tethering on a Moto Z4 running Android Pie, navigate to
SETTINGS > NETWORK & INTERNET > HOTSPOT & TETHERING.
Here, you can select to share a connection via Wi-Fi, USB, or Bluetooth.
For a Wi-Fi connection, tap Wi-Fi hotspot and toggle it on. The hotspot name will be displayed on this screen.
Tap ADVANCED > HOTSPOT PASSWORD for the password.
LG
Pull down from the top of the screen and select
SETTINGS > TETHERING
Then toggle the Wi-Fi hotspot switch to on.
Google Pixel
Pull down from the top of the screen and navigate to
SETTINGS > NETWORK & INTERNET > HOTSPOT & TETHERING > Wi-Fi HOTSPOT, and toggle the switch to on.
The hotspot name and password will then be visible.
OnePlus
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, then select
SETTINGS > Wi-Fi & INTERNET > HOTSPOT & TETHERING and make sure the switch up top is toggled on.
Huawei
Navigate to SETTINGS > WIRELESS & NETWORKS >TETHERING & PORTABLE HOTSPOT > PORTABLE Wi-Fi HOTSPOT
Choose Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to set a name, security setting, and password for your hotspot, then tap SAVE.
